A beautiful pair of Chinese end tables with gorgeous dark burl front drawers, burl top, and sides with a warm rosewood frame. The drawers have metal pulls and have a deep red interior. The edging along the bottom of each table is carved with spiral designs.Very heavy, dates from the early 20th century.
Size: 22" height, 22" width, 16.25" depth
Height: 30.5cm (12.2 in)
Width: 16cm (6.2 in)
These extraordinary Sumida Gawa vases have a red ground with leaf-shaped moulding wrapped around the surface. Thick earthy-coloured flambe glaze cascades down from the rims and over branch-like double handles. The decoration is made up of 6 individual characters on each vase in humorous situations, monkeys on one vase and people on the other...
Chinese small meiping form porcelain vase with a lovely bright apple green crackle underglaze. Dark brown rim edge. Inside the vase, just below the rim, is done in beige crackle glaze as well as the underside of the recessed foot. Perfect condition.
early 20th century
Dimensions: 3" x 5" H
Chinese Paktong 3 Pieces Calligraphy Incense Clock Marked with Wood Carved Stand, Late 19th Century
It is 5.5 inches (14 cm) tall by 4.55 inches (11.6 cm) wide measured with stand and 3.9 inches (10 cm) tall by 4.1 inches (10.5 cm) wide measured without stand. The total weights is 3.3 lb.
It is tarnished and missing accessories. It also has oxidation, cut marks, and surface wears and scratches. The stand has chips and peeling (as seen in the photos)...
Antique Japanese scroll signed Rengetsu (1791-1875), with beautiful calligraphy poem, and small painted flying crane, painted in sumie, beneath. Grass writing calligraphy poem reads:
Tsuki no ,
aki no tomoshi,
saki no toki matsu hodo,
shiru toki wa,
hatsukari no shiru
Along with
The Autumn moon,
Instead of waiting for its coming,
The first geese
Know already
Size: (entire scroll) 70" L x 12.5" W (artwork only) 38" L x 9.25" W
Rare antique Korean small personal stacking chest (ich'ung nong) in two sections plus a stand. Made with multiple woods and brass hardware including butterfly shaped locks and hinges. Old paper on the inside.
19th / 20th Century
Dimensions: 35 3/4" high x 22" wide x 13" deep
Military horse and soldier,the soldier wearing a helmet and the horse wearing a kind of harness. Lovely piece in the typical style of the Northern Qi Dynasty (550-577). Height 34,5 cm. Good condition. Comes with a thermoluminescence test from Ralf Kotalla.
Antique Japanese iron lantern, 5 sides and 5 feet, cast with beautiful ornate open lattice work on all sides. Great Original with nice details. (early 20th century).
Size: 14" high x 9" wide.
Ivory netsuke with amber patina depicting a seated child playing with a turtle while a cat climbs onto his shoulder.
Signed Komin 虎眠 within a rectangular reserve under the base.
Period: Meiji end of 19th century.
Dimensions: 3 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm.
Conservation status: Excellent condition
A finely preserved pestle carved finger - hand-carved from fine white marble, Roman, 1st-3rd. cent AD.
The bent thumb pestle has a handle with stylized lines in the skin because of the bent position and a narrow tip with a carved nail bed. Round base, smooth from use.
A stunning and very detailed example of a well-known roman type.
Size: 5 cm. tall and ca. 4,5 cm. wide...
19th century Japanese ceramic Shigaraki ware chawan (tea bowl) with celadon color glaze. Shigaraki is one of the six ancient kilns of Japan with long history dating back to the medieval period. Typical Shigaraki coarse clay body with large sand particles, elegant conical shape, beautiful potting with a sublime Japanese touch of a finger print of the potter with identifiable friction ridges (located on unglazed portion of the side by white spots on the left of Enlargement 1)...
Chinese Ming dynasty blue and white stem bowl, Jiajing period. 15,2 cm diameter. the bowl has small chipped and hairline. the stem has been broken missing the bottom part. Free from any repair.
A Khmer Bronze Yoni, Angkor Thom Period, 10Th Century
The bronze Yoni, with central whole for Lingam insert, a spout at one end to allow unguents to run off.
Estimate Value: $5000 - $7000
Measurements:
Height - 13 cm (5 In)
Width at base: 17 cm (6 3/4 In) Square
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Antique Japanese pair of bronze vases in the form of woven baskets entwined with lotus blossoms and leaves. Each vase is decorated with a lifelike cicada and one of the vases has a crab.
Meiji Period (1868-1912)
Dimensions: 8" high x 5 1/2" wide (each vase)
Used as a "top coat" by a Han Chinese person.
Lush black satin weave silk fabric, ornate frog closures, original matching streamers, wide embroidered sleeve panels using metalic covered thread and couching technique.
Pristine condition...
seal from Chinese Gov agency certifies age to be 100+ years...I bought in China in the late 90's
A Chinese Qingbai Bowl, Song/Yuan Dynasty. Diameter approximately 18 cm. There are two spots from the firing process on the bowl center. In good condition.
Late Meiji period (1890s 1912) Japanese buffalo horn kushi (hair comb) with lacquer decoration of arrows with different tail feather patterns, design continuing on the back. Very well made, excellent expert multicolored lacquering, wonderful work in Japanese taste, in great condition without any losses. Length 4.3 inches. Part of East Coast collection of Japanese hair items.
A beautiful 19th/20th C. Chinese copper hand warmer,it is all hand made in excellent condition. W:12cm x H:9cm
Antique late 19th – early 20th century, Oceanic Meddle Sepik, Papua-New Guinea, Iatmul People Lime Container. DETAILS: skillfully carved wooden finial in the form of the standing bird, painted in white, black and red, mounted on the hollowed out bamboo staff with cane bands.
CONDITION: no repairs or restoration, minor loss of paint, small crack and minor chips in finial, as visible in photo, beautiful age patina...
Oribe is a visual style named after the late-16th-century tea master Furuta Oribe (1544-1615). Typically, black or green glazes are applied to the bodies of these works and light-colored windows are created using feldspar. These high-contrast areas then act as a canvas upon which abstract, minimalistic, and often naturalistic themes are painted.
This piece is quite unique for its brown color which may have been produced using a copper glaze under very specific conditions...
19th century Japanese small lacquered wood netsuke representing a theatrical mask of an oni. Uncommon image, excellent intense face, great patina. Crisp detailing, nicely lacquered, some wear to the surface. Signed RYUUN on the back bar - the artist is listed in NETSUKE MASKS by Raymond Bushell, p. 175, signatures 241-243. Height 1.11 inches.
Ptah-Soker-Osiris. Wood, gesso ,paint, gold gilt. Wooden base is modern.
Dimensions without base.
Height 24 inches, 61cm
width 7 inches, 18cm
This is a wonderful bright and colorful wireless cloisonne vase from Kumeno. The vase actually looks more like porcelain than cloisonne enamel. It has a pleasing stout form and is in excellent overall condition with some rim oxidation/wear. It stands 6 inches tall and is 5 inches wide.
An antique Japanese Katana Tansu known as a sword chest made entirely of Kirinoki (Paulownia) wood. All original finish and hand made iron fittings including the Hirute handles. Construction includes using straight dovetail joinery and hardened wood nails.
Age: Meiji period (1868-1912)
Dimensions: 43 3/4" Wide x 12 1/2" High x 12 1/8" Deep
This very well carved bamboo hexagonal brush holder (Chinese name is Bitong) is an early 20th century product. It is 6 3/8” high, 5 ¾” wide and 4” in depth. The rim, bottom and four small legs are made of hard wood. The six images depict the idyllic paradise for Chinese scholar, sage or official...
A small collection of six clothing buttons made of different metal alloys with gilding and silver inlays. Two are showing a dragon, two pieces with a face and two buttons with decorative motifs. Condition: few traces of usage and wear, Need a professional cleaning. Dimension: diameter: 1.9 cm to 2.3 cm.
Porcelain covered with celadon glaze to the foot and decorated with floral carved motif, unglazed concave base. PERIOD : Yue ware 9th Century MEASUREMENTS: 17.2 cm wide, 7.1 cm tall.
CONDITION : Perfect, no chips, cracks or hairlines and free from restorations.
Beautiful Chinese dark finished hardwood wardrobe from the 19th century. Huang huali wood. Brass hardware. The two drawers inside are fully functional with lock and key. Inset hinges. There are keys for the drawers and doors.
Dimensions: 77.25" tall X 49" wide X 21 3/8" deep.
Chinese green glazed pottery granary jar with silver patina, cylindrical shape, decorated with bands of incised lines and supported by three legs.
Lead glaze with copper is the main colorant used in Han period to produce green glaze. Greenware became popular during the Eastern Han period.
Age: China, Han Dynasty, 206 B.C. - A.D. 220
Size: Height 32.6 C.M...
A lovely small childs dagger, made in the late neolithic period, Daggertime-bronzeage, c. 2000-1600 BC.
Finely knapped in dark fossilized silex!
Size: 11 cm.
Condition: Near mint!
Ex. Danish Collection
This item comes with a standard export license, when shipped outside Denmark. The license will be issued after sale - estimated delivery of the item with official license is 2-4 weeks after the sale.
An antique Japanese Isho Tansu (Kimono chest) made of Kiri (Paulownia) and Sugi (Cryptomeria) woods. All original bronze hardware with Warabite style handles. Upper section includes a pair of sliding doors with 3 side by side drawers below...
This is an intact and very fine example of this ware which, to me, seems to incorporate a human torso, standing with arms and legs akimbo. The colors are quite vivid, with an aubergine purple in addition to the black outlining. The piece is well and thinly potted, standing some 7" in height.It swells out to some 7" in diameter, measured across the area of the two rings ("lugs").
Dark brown patina bronze sculpture of a monkey with shakudo eyes. Sitting, he is contemplating or examining attentively a small turtle placed on his right hand, held with care. The latter is removable. The monkey's eyes seem to be illuminated by what he is observing through the shakudo (copper alloy typically containing 3-7% gold, mainly used for its black-purple lacquer-like patina).
In Japanese art, there are many representations of monkeys (paintings, sculpture, ceram...
Antique Japanese fireman's coat, cotton indigo dyed with sashiko stitching and freehand paste resist decoration (tsutsugaki). Design of Immortal God Kinko Sennon riding a giant carp.
Size: 46" W x 40" H
This very well carved late Meiji Period (1868~1911) ivory tusk is 14” high (with wood base is 15” high), 4 ½” wide and 4” thick. The carving on one side depicts a castle located in front of a snowy mountain surrounded by rockery and trees. A water fall serves as an entry into a quite village. Two straw roof houses are placed along a busy pass. There are seven pedestrians walking on the pass; two young women, a mother with her child, one man carrying boxes, two men walking and one pe...
Antique Japanese red over black lacquer low table with negoro finish. It is decorated with incised scrolling leaves and floral design, scallop legs, circa 1910. It measures 35.5" wide 35.75" long 13.25" tall.